Image segmentation for spinal CT images.

I am trying to isolate and segment a region of interest within CT scans. I need to quantify the intensity of these bright spots around discs in the spine on these images and also calculate the area. How would I go about this or could someone point me in the right directions in terms of resources?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

See my Image Segmentation Tutorial in my File Exchange:

Image Analyst's File Exchange

It's a generic, general purpose demo of how to threshold an image to find blobs, and then measure things about the blobs, and extract certain blobs based on their areas or diameters.

[Ross]

Thank you very much!

[Image Analyst]

@Ross go here to find published, working algorithms.

http://www.visionbib.com/bibliography/contentsmedical.html#Medical%20Applications,%20CAT,%20MRI,%20Ultrasound,%20Heart%20Models,%20Brain%20Models